Picrocerus armatus
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An illustration based on the real animal.
A little discovery to share.
Its whole body is red, and the horn between its eyes sticks out long.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Picrocerus armatus
- Scientific name
- Picrocerus armatus
- Japanese name
- オニツノガニ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Epialtidae
- Genus
- Picrocerus
Basic data
- Range
- Kii Peninsula and southward
Where the Picrocerus armatus has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
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Names around the world
- 日本語
- オニツノガニ
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — オニツノガニChecked: 2026-11-04
- 鳥羽水族館 — オニツノガニが入館しました！Checked: 2026-11-09
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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